Section: Social Complexity
Subsection: Forms of money

Token

Talking about forms of money, tokens, unlike articles, are used only for exchange, and unlike coins, are not manufactured (example: cowries)   (See here)
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Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
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Variable Definition
token The absence or presence of token for a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Token Description   Edit
271
(Denyanke Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Denyanke Kingdom is assumed.
[1490, 1776]
present
None
272
(Kingdom of Jolof)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Jolof is assumed.
[1549, 1865]
present
None
273
(Karagwe)
Full Year Range of Karagwe is assumed.
[1500, 1916]
present
None
274
(Kaabu)
Full Year Range of Kaabu is assumed.
[1500, 1867]
absent
None
275
(West Burkina Faso Red II and III)
Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red II and III is assumed.
[1100, 1400]
absent
None
276
(West Burkina Faso Red IV)
Full Year Range of West Burkina Faso Red IV is assumed.
[1401, 1500]
absent
None
277
(Torwa-Rozvi)
Full Year Range of Torwa-Rozvi is assumed.
[1494, 1850]
absent
None
278
(Plantagenet England)
Full Year Range of Plantagenet England is assumed.
[1154, 1485]
absent
None
279
(Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Kingdom of Bohemia - Luxembourgian and Jagiellonian Dynasty is assumed.
[1310, 1526]
absent
None
280
(Lombard Kingdom)
Full Year Range of Lombard Kingdom is assumed.
[568, 774]
absent
None
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